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Ensuring a common Snapshot copy in a mirror-vault deployment

You can use the snapmirror snapshot-owner create command to preserve a labeled Snapshot copy on the secondary in a mirror-vault deployment. Doing so ensures that a common Snapshot copy exists for the update of the vault relationship.

About this task

If you use a combination mirror-vault fan-out or cascade deployment, you should keep in mind that updates will fail if a common Snapshot copy does not exist on the source and destination volumes.

This is never an issue for the mirror relationship in a mirror-vault fan-out or cascade deployment, since SnapMirror always creates a Snapshot copy of the source volume before it performs the update.

It might be an issue for the vault relationship, however, since SnapMirror does not create a Snapshot copy of the source volume when it updates a vault relationship. You need to use the snapmirror snapshot-owner create command to ensure that there is at least one common Snapshot copy on both the source and destination of the vault relationship.

  1. On the source volume, assign an owner to the labeled Snapshot copy you want to preserve: snapmirror snapshot-owner create -vserver SVM -volume volume -snapshot snapshot -owner owner

    Example

    The following example assigns ApplicationA as the owner of the snap1 Snapshot copy:
    clust1::> snapmirror snapshot-owner create -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 
    -snapshot snap1 -owner ApplicationA
  2. Update the mirror relationship, as described in Updating a replication relationship manually.

    Alternatively, you can wait for the scheduled update of the mirror relationship.
  3. Transfer the labeled Snapshot copy to the vault destination:snapmirror update -source-path SVM:volume|cluster://SVM/volume, ... -destination-path SVM:volume|cluster://SVM/volume, ... -source-snapshot snapshot

    For complete command syntax, see the man page.

    Example

    The following example transfers the snap1 Snapshot copy::
    clust1::> snapmirror update -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 
    -source-snapshot snap1

    Result

    The labeled Snapshot copy will be preserved when the vault relationship is updated.
  4. On the source volume, remove the owner from the labeled Snapshot copy:snapmirror snapshot-owner delete -vserver SVM -volume volume -snapshot snapshot -owner owner

    Example

    The following examples removes ApplicationA as the owner of the snap1 Snapshot copy:
    clust1::> snapmirror snapshot-owner delete -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 
    -snapshot snap1 -owner ApplicationA